The International Citizen Competition is heading to Latin America.
Throughout International Citizen NOW: Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (Nov. 17), the worldwide advocacy group launched its new Energy Our Planet: Take Motion Now marketing campaign, which is able to culminate in International Citizen Competition: Amazonia — the motion’s first large-scale music occasion in Latin America.
Set for November 2025, International Citizen Competition: Amazonia will happen on the Estádio Olímpico do Pará in Belém, Brazil. Whereas the precise date is but to be confirmed, the pageant might be timed to coincide with the thirtieth United Nations Local weather Change Convention (COP30), which is able to happen from November 10-21, 2025.
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In an announcement on Sunday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva stated, “One yr from now, Brazil will proudly host COP30 within the Amazon rainforest — a defining second in our collective battle to guard our planet and guarantee a sustainable future for all. We’re pleased with International Citizen’s Energy Our Planet marketing campaign, and to host International Citizen Competition: Amazonia in Belém subsequent November — the primary ever affect live performance within the rainforest — with the formidable objective of elevating $1 billion {dollars} and driving ahead the local weather justice agenda. Collectively, we are going to mark 10 years for the reason that Paris Settlement with a landmark occasion that units the world on a transformative path towards a extra sustainable and simply future.”
International Citizen co-founder and CEO Hugh Evans burdened the pressing want for motion: “The problems of local weather change and excessive poverty are two sides of the identical coin. The local weather disaster might push 100 million extra individuals into poverty within the subsequent 5 years, and 10 years on from the Paris Settlement, we’re not seeing the daring ambition wanted from political leaders to cease rising temperatures resulting in that decline. The one answer is motion now — the subsequent 12 months might be important for securing new funding and radical coverage change, and we’ll marketing campaign to make sure it occurs.”
As with earlier editions, International Citizen Competition: Amazonia will function high international and Brazilian musical artists, together with Indigenous performers. Followers who want to attend can earn free tickets by taking motion in assist of the Energy Our Planet marketing campaign. Extra particulars might be accessible within the coming months.
International Citizen Competition: Amazonia might be offered by Banco do Brasil, with organizing accomplice Re:wild, and coverage companions Open Society Foundations and the Bezos Earth Fund.
Throughout Sunday’s summit, Latin Grammy-nominated musician and philanthropist ALOK was introduced as an official International Citizen Advocate for Energy Our Planet. The marketing campaign calls on world leaders to take pressing motion to guard the Amazon rainforest, scale up renewable vitality in Africa, part out fossil fuels, and demand justice for communities most impacted by local weather change.
